Re: Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:22:28 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. What could explain this problem? That's really weird :-? Even deleting Firefox itself does not remove the user files which are stored on a separate folder under the user's profile (~/.firefox) so I can't see why that happens to you... unless you are using a specific profile for your user and after the update, you have to point firefox to load that profile. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jid7ur$69j$8...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Claudius Hubig nfs_2...@chubig.net writes: Merciadri Luca luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be wrote: Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. Firefox can be configured to forget history (and maybe bookmarks?) on exit. Maybe you did configure it this way? On exit, I do not generally forget history/bookmarks. Thanks anyway for the answer. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- If it's too good to be true, then it probably is. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8+N34ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzELQCbBPKB8JncQmg89sRxmrbBSyf0 1IYAmgL/J45sbENKEqJ3Bb2nb6qM5LqZ =BV2T -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87obsxso75.fsf@merciadriluca-eee.MERCIADRILUCA
Re: Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 13:22, Merciadri Luca luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. Better to drop it in /usr/local/ The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. What could explain this problem? Thanks. Watch the places file (~/.mozilla/firefox/$PROFILE.default/places.sqlite) and see what happens to it on exit. (Places stores bookmarks and history) Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=-JmqPprJOkwv5=jspsbebecr7fvn3hcgi_varzv79...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers kelly.clow...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 13:22, Merciadri Luca luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. Better to drop it in /usr/local/ The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. What could explain this problem? Thanks. Watch the places file (~/.mozilla/firefox/$PROFILE.default/places.sqlite) and see what happens to it on exit. (Places stores bookmarks and history) Thanks for the trick. I'll do so. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8+hn0ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhxijQCgpztcl2NgI/ItjzQrDtDsqhxB 3pgAn3Ds69HV0YPPstHnf9902Z8CqRdN =zxtO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d39diem9.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA
Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. What could explain this problem? Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- If all else fails, try the obvious. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAk89c5QACgkQM0LLzLt8Mhx2rgCfQwV7+O9eeGtuhTTfKyf9niDu LrQAn3fDJnWJGtx8/fzx/OzhLGrkPyFw =F5Ss -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vcn64gob.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA
Re: Since I've installed Firefox in ~, every update results in a reset
Merciadri Luca luca.mercia...@student.ulg.ac.be wrote: Quite everything is in the title. I'm running Debian Lenny (yes, I know, time to switch..., but haven't had time yet), and I precedently installed Firefox in ~/ for various reasons. The problem is not here. The problem is that every time an update is done, or even quite often (I don't know if each time this happens this is an update as it would mean updates are very frequent!) the Firefox starts as if it was installed for the first time (e.g. no history, no bookmarks, etc.), except that 1) my plugins/add-ons are still recognized and used, 2) my default webpage (start page) is still OK. Firefox can be configured to forget history (and maybe bookmarks?) on exit. Maybe you did configure it this way? Best regards, Claudius -- What we Are is God's gift to us. What we Become is our gift to God. Please use GPG: ECB0C2C7 4A4C4046 446ADF86 C08112E5 D72CDBA4 http://chubig.net/ http://nightfall.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120216231734.31bb2...@ares.home.chubig.net
